Covers (Beni album)

Last updated
Covers
Beni-Covers-cover.jpg
Studio album by
Beni
ReleasedMarch 21, 2012
September 12, 2012 (Deluxe Edition) [1]
Recorded2011-2012
Genre Pop, R&B
LanguageEnglish
Label Nayutawave Records
Universal Music Japan
Beni chronology
Jewel Concert Tour
(2012)		Covers
(2012)		 MTV Unplugged
(2012)

Covers is the first English-language cover album released by Beni Arashiro under her new label Universal Music Japan under the mononym Beni on March 21, 2012. [2] This album contains cover songs from popular Japanese male singers in Japan. However, the original Japanese lyrics have been translated to English by Beni herself. [3] The 13th song will be chosen by the fans through a request page. [4] [5] The song chosen by the fans is Naoto Inti Raymi's song "Ima no Kimi wo Wasurenai" [6] Covers has been certified Gold by RIAJ for shipment of 100,000 copies. On 16 May, it was announced that Covers sold over 100,000 copies.making it Beni's highest ranked and best selling album so far. The website announced on 21 August, that a Deluxe version of "Covers" was going to be released on 12 September 2012. The new version would include a DVD with music video's and live video footage. [7]

Contents

Background

Covers is the first cover album released by BENI and first album recording in English since her debut. It is a Japanese to English cover album that includes covers of songs by Japanese male singers, translated from their original songs to this album. The song "Ti Amo" was released as digital single. In the 3rd week of the release of Covers, the album made the #3 spot on the Oricon charts while it made the #4 spot in the first week.

Chart performance

The song "Ti Amo" debuted on the weekly Recochoku charts on #9. [8] The album reached #1 in iTunes Japan and stayed #1 for 5 days. [9] [10] [11] This is the first of Beni's album recorded in English but she did not plan to release the album in the US or any English speaking countries . In the first week, Covers got the weekly spot #7 on the Oricon chart. On 9 April, in the 3rd week after her release, Covers got the #2 spot on the daily oricon charts ranking. While in its first week of the release of the album, the highest daily Oricon ranking it got was #4. [12] At the end of the 3rd chart week of Covers, the album ranked at #3. On April 18 it was announced Covers shipped already over 150,000 copies. And because of this success, the album would be released through iTunes in 51 countries. [13] At the end of the 7th week, the album got the weekly Oricon spot #7, selling about 18,000 copies which was more than its opening week. In the 8th week of the release of the album, the album reached #1 on the daily Oricon ranking. The album became a huge success: ranking #2 on the Oricon weekly charts and selling even more copies than "Lovebox" (which ranked #1 on Oricon weekly charts).

Track listing

All English translation by BENI, except noted.

CD
No.TitleLyricsMusicArranger(s)Length
1."Ti Amo" (Exile cover)Kiyoshi Matsuo, Seiji Motoyama (English translation)Jin Nakamura, Kiyoshi MatsuoDaisuke "D.I" Imai,
Strings arranged by Ittetsu Gen		5:43
2."La La La Love Song" (Toshinobu Kubota cover)Toshinobu KubotaToshinobu KubotaShinichiro Murayama5:30
3."Hitomi wo Tojite (瞳をとじて, Close Your Eyes)" (Ken Hirai cover)Ken Hirai, Sierra (English translation)Ken HiraiShinichiro Murayama,
Strings arranged by Daisuke Kadowaki		5:40
4."Kanade (奏)" (Sukima Switch cover)Takuya Ohashi & Shintaro Tokita, Yoko Hiji (English translation)Takuya Ohashi & Shintaro TokitaShinichiro Murayama5:08
5."One More Time, One More Chance" (Masayoshi Yamazaki cover) Masayoshi Yamazaki, Yoko Hiji (English translation)Masayoshi YamazakiShinichiro Murayama5:30
6."Robinson (ロビンソン)" (Spitz cover)Masamune Kusano, Seiji Motoyama (English translation)Masamune KusanoShinichiro Murayama4:14
7."Suddenly ~Love Story wa Totsuzen ni (Suddenly ~ラブ・ストーリーは突然に~, A Sudden Love Story)" (Kazumasa Oda cover)Kazumasa Oda, Priscilla CoolidgeKazumasa OdaShinichiro Murayama4:09
8."Mō Koi Nante Shinai (もう恋なんてしない, I'll Never Fall in Love Again)" (Noriyuki Makihara cover)Noriyuki Makihara, Seiji Motoyama (English translation)Noriyuki MakiharaDaisuke "D.I" Imai, Chikara "Ricky" Hazama4:31
9."Sakurazaka (桜坂)" (Masaharu Fukuyama cover)Masaharu FukuyamaMasaharu FukuyamaShinichiro Murayama,
Strings arranged by Ittetsu Gen		5:11
10."Koko ni Shika Sakanai Hana (ここにしか咲かない花, Flowers Only Bloom Here)" (Kobukuro cover)Kentaro Kobuchi, Jeff Miyahara (English translation)Kentaro ObuchiShinichiro Murayama6:11
11."Ima no Kimi wo Wasurenai (今のキミを忘れない, Won't Forget You In This Moment)" (Naoto Inti Raymi cover)Naoto Inti Raymi, Seiji Motoyama (English translation)Naoto Inti RaymiDaisuke "D.I" Imai3:52
12."Itoshi no Erī (いとしのエリー, Dear Elie)" (Southern All Stars cover) Keisuke Kuwata, Rumiko Varnes & Pete Hawkins (English translation)Keisuke KuwataDaisuke "D.I" Imai4:13
13."True Love" (Fumiya Fujii cover)Fumiya Fujii, Seiji Motoyama (English translation)Fumiya FujiiShinichiro Murayama,
Strings arranged by Ittetsu Gen		3:50
DVD -Deluxe version-
No.TitleLength
1."Ti Amo" (Music video) 
2."Hitomi wo Tojite" (Music video) 
3."La La La Love Song" (Live from Beni Concert Tour 2012 Fortune) 
4."Ti Amo" (Live from Beni Concert Tour 2012 Fortune) 

Charts

Oricon Overall Sales Chart (Japan)

ReleaseChartPeak PositionDebut SalesSales TotalChart Run
March 21, 2012Oricon Daily Charts1
Oricon Weekly Charts217,024
Oricon Monthly Charts6
Oricon Yearly Charts27215,682224,31344 weeks

Charts and certifications

Japan Charts

ChartPeak
position
Oricon Daily Albums1
Oricon Weekly Albums2
Oricon Monthly Albums (Debut Month)13
Oricon Monthly Albums (Overall)6
Oricon Yearly Albums
iTunes Album Chart (Japan)1
Billboard Japan Top Albums2
Billboard Japan Top Albums Yearly

Oricon Charts

ChartPeak
position		Reported
sales
Oricon Daily Chart [14] 1
Oricon Weekly Chart [15] 217,000
Oricon Monthly Chart [16] (Debut Month)1342,000
Oricon Monthly Chart [17] (Overall)643,000
Oricon Yearly Chart27215,000
Oricon Sales Total-224,000

Sales and certifications

CountryProviderShipmentsCertificationJapanRIAJ250,000Platinum

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beni (singer)</span> Musical artist

Beni Arashiro is a Japanese R&B singer, who debuted in 2004 under the Avex Trax label. In 2008, Arashiro left Avex Trax and transferred to Universal Music Japan where she started to perform as simply Beni.

<i>Beni</i> (album) 2005 studio album by Beni Arashiro

Beni is the debut album of artist Beni Arashiro, released on February 9, 2005. The album is available in two different versions, CD+DVD and CD-only. The CD+DVD version was a limited edition, and has sold out. There were a total of four singles released before the release of this album. The album charted on the #14 spot on the Oricon ranking and sold 12,776 copies in its first week.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mō Nido to...</span> 2008 single by BENI

"Mō Nido To..." was the first single that Beni Arashiro released under her new name BENI and label Universal Japan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kiss Kiss Kiss (Beni song)</span> 2009 single by BENI

"Kiss Kiss Kiss" is the second single by the artist BENI under the label Universal Japan. The song was the theme song for the Kao Biore Body Deli CM it also was the theme song for Recochoku. The song is described as a youthful love song.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Koi Kogarete</span> 2009 single by Beni

"Koi Kogarete" is the third single from Beni under the label Universal Japan. The song is described as the ultimate romantic love song for the summer. The song is a med-tempo that will make sure to those with one sided loves cry, a real signature song.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zutto Futari de</span> Single by Beni

"Zutto Futari de" is the fourth single by Beni on the Universal Japan label. The leading song is a theme song for Recochoku as well as the program UtaSta while "With U" is an Orion Beer commercial song and the theme song for Go! Shiodome Jamboree Wasshoi 2009. The leading song Zutto Futari de debuted on 15 July 2009, at the #2 place on the Recochoku download. The second day the song rose to the #1 position. After three days the song went back to its #2 place. It was later announced that the official track list of the single would include a cover of "The Boy Is Mine" featuring Tynisha Keli.

<i>Bitter & Sweet</i> (album) 2009 studio album by Beni

Bitter & Sweet is the first album released by Beni Arashiro under her new label Universal Music Japan and her new stage name, Beni on September 2, 2009. The CD+DVD version is a limited edition with all her single PVs and two new PVs named "The Boy Is Mine", which features Tynisha Keli, and "Superstar" which are both cover songs. The vocals for the DJ Hasebe Remix of "Kiss Kiss Kiss" were recorded from one of her live performances. The song "Dakishimete", featuring Dohzi-T, was released on 19 August as an online download on Recochoku's Chaku Uta. The song debuted on the #5 place on the Chaku-Uta charts and the #2 place on the Recochoku chart. The album debuted at the #6 place on the Oricon chart. The day after it rose to the #5 place. At the end of the first week, the album ended up on the #5 spot on the weekly chart selling about 30,000 copies making it Beni's highest ranked and best selling album to date. She went on a release club tour. The tour was named Bitter&Sweet RELEASE TOUR. The tour was so successful that new tour dates were added. Bitter & Sweet has been certified Gold by RIAJ for shipment of 100,000 copies. On 28 December, it was announced that Bitter & Sweet sold over 100,000 copies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sign (Beni song)</span> 2010 single by Beni

"Sign" is Beni's sixth single under the label Nayutawave Records. The leading song contains a sample of the piano from Yumi Matsutoya's 1994 song "Haru yo, Koi". The first press bonus will include a BENIxMURUA collaborative interchangeable jacket and for a lucky group of fifty, they will be awarded with a BENIxMURUA collaborative T-shirt. The single charted at the weekly spot #50 and sold 1,596 copies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bye Bye (Beni song)</span> 2010 single by Beni

"Bye Bye" is Beni's seventh single under the label Nayutawave Records. The leading song is the ending theme for the program Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ. The single was ranked as #57 on the Oricon weekly chart and sold 1,171 copies so far.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yurayura/Gimme Gimme</span> 2010 single by Beni

"Yura Yura/Gimme Gimme♥" is Beni's eight single under the label Nayutawave Records. The song "Yurayura" is about the "wavering feelings you have after a break and how you want to move on", the song is supposed to be the new signature song. "Gimme Gimme" is the new Kao Biore Body Deli commercial song and is about "confessing your feelings to the one you love".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">One More Time, One More Chance</span> 1997 single by Masayoshi Yamazaki

"One More Time, One More Chance" is a single by Japanese singer Masayoshi Yamazaki that was released on January 22, 1997, on the Polydor Japan label. It peaked on the Oricon weekly singles chart at No. 18 and charted for 24 weeks.

<i>Jewel</i> (Beni album) 2010 studio album by Beni

Jewel is Beni's sixth studio album, and third original album under the mononym Beni released through Nayutawave Records. It was released on December 8, 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Suki Dakara (Beni song)</span> 2011 single by Beni

"Suki Dakara" (好きだから。) is Beni's eleventh single under the label Nayutawave Records. "Suki Dakara" is a "sad love song that paints a love that you don't give up on even though it may be hard and it hurts." The song is said to be similar to her previous released songs "Mō Nido to..." and "Koi Kogarete" Both songs were later added on Beni's 7th album "Fortune".

<i>Super Girl</i> (album) 2011 studio album by Kara

Super Girl is the second Japanese studio album and fifth overall studio album by South Korean girl group Kara. It was released digitally on November 16, 2011 and physically on November 23, 2011. A special Tour Edition of the album was released on April 11, 2012.

<i>Fortune</i> (Beni album) 2011 studio album by Beni

Fortune is the fourth album released by Beni Arashiro under her new label Universal Music Japan under the mononym Beni on November 2, 2011. The CD+DVD version is a limited edition with all her single PVs with three live videos from her recorded "Jewel tour"

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eien (Beni song)</span> 2012 single by Beni

"Eien" (永遠) is the fourteenth single by Japanese singer Beni. It was scheduled to be released on 25 January 2012 on the Nayutawave Records label. "Eien" is a wedding song, and was scheduled to be the theme song for the NHK TV series Honjitsu wa Taian Nari which starts on 10 January 2012. The video for the lead song was recorded in Los Angeles, USA. On the recochoku weekly online charts "Eien" debuted at #7.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paparazzi (Girls' Generation song)</span> 2012 single by Girls Generation

"Paparazzi" is a song recorded in the Japanese language by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation for their second Japanese-language studio album, Girls & Peace (2012). It was released as the album's lead single on June 27, 2012. Written by Fredrik Thomander, Johan Becker, and Junji Ishiwatari, and produced by Miles Walker, the track was described as an electropop and R&B song. To promote the single, Girls' Generation appeared on Japanese music programs Music Station and Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ, while a music video for the song directed by Toshiyuki Suzuki premiered on June 10, 2012, in order to accompany the release of the song.

<i>Kara Collection</i>

Kara Collection is a compilation album by South Korean girl group Kara. It was first released in Japanese on September 5, 2012 in four different editions: two CD+DVD, a Regular edition and a digital Deluxe edition.

<i>Covers: 2</i> 2012 studio album by Beni

Covers 2 is the second English-language cover album released by Beni Arashiro under her new label Universal Music Japan under the mononym Beni on November 7, 2012. This album handles the same concept of Covers, which featured Beni covering songs from popular Japanese male singers in Japan and translating the lyrics to English.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beni discography</span>

The discography of Japanese-American musician Beni consists of eight studio albums, two compilation albums, six live albums and three cover albums and twenty-six singles. Beni debuted in 2003 as a member of the Pony Canyon idol group Bishōjo Club 21 under the name Beni Arashiro, and in 2004 made her solo debut with Avex Trax.

References

  1. ↑ "Covers Deluxe Edition [CD+DVD][Limited Pressing] BENI CD Album". CDJapan.
  2. ↑ "Beni Nayutawave Records Discography" (in Japanese). Universal Japan. 2012-02-15. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
  3. ↑ "Beni – Covers" (in Japanese). Universal Japan. 2012-02-16. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  4. ↑ "Beni – Nayutawave Records – News" (in Japanese). Universal Japan. 2012-02-16. Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  5. ↑ "Mixi page- request song" (in Japanese). mixi. 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2012-02-16.
  6. ↑ "Mixi page- request song" (in Japanese). mixi. 2012-03-01. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  7. ↑ "Beni – official website – Discography" (in Japanese). Universal Japan. 2012-09-08. Archived from the original on 2011-09-10. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
  8. ↑ "Recochoku weekly chart" (in Japanese). mixi. 2012-03-08. Archived from the original on May 27, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  9. ↑ "Facebook – Beni (Beni Arashiro)" (in Japanese). mixi. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
  10. ↑ "Twittee – BENI098 (Beni's official twitter)" (in Japanese). Beni. 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  11. ↑ "Beni-spoichi" (in Japanese). sponichi. 2012-04-03. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
  12. ↑ "Oricon daily chart 04-06" (in Japanese). Oricon. 2012-04-07. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  13. ↑ "Covers hit 150,000 shipment & album to be released worldwide" (in Japanese). mFound entertainment. 2012-04-18. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  14. ↑ "Album Daily Ranking" (in Japanese). Oricon. June 3, 2009. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  15. ↑ 木村カエラ、結婚効果でベストアルバムがランクアップ (in Japanese). Nippon Television. June 8, 2010. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  16. ↑ "Oricon monthly chart April" (in Japanese). Oricon. May 8, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
  17. ↑ "Oricon monthly chart April" (in Japanese). Oricon. May 8, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.